Shaving machine



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S. P. JONES SHAVING MACHINE Filed Feb. 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 1, 1924 ONEs SHAVING MACHI Filed Feb. 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

SIDNEY P. JONES, OF HACO,v TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE -JONES ELECTRIC CORPORA- TION, OF WACO, TEXAS.

SHAVING MACHINE.

Application filed February 8; 1923. Serial No. 617,756.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SIDNEY P. Jones, citizen of the United States, residing at Waco, in the county of MeLennan and State of Texas, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shavin Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shaving machines.

The ob'ect of the invention is to provide amechamcal device for removing the beard from the human face in a simple, expeditious, convenient and comfortable manner.

A particular object is to provide a power operated machine or device which will be substantially free from perceptible vibration' and which will function efficaciously and without causing irritation or pulling of the hairs.

An im ortant object of the invention is to provi e a shuttle-action cutting blade which will cut thru the hairs in a diagonal direction when the device is moved over the face in a substantially straight line, thus 2 giving an easier and faster cutting action than can be had with an ordinary straight edge or safety razor. I

Another object is to provide (a shaving device in which the shaving head may be moved in reverse directions while in contact with the face so as to shave'in both directions in a nick and easy manner; and

in connection with this feature is the provi sion of means for producing sucha rapid 5 and smooth shuttle movement of a two edge blade, as to preclude any unpleasant or irritating results. I A still further object is to provide a cutter head arran d to accumulate and hold the lather whic is removed from the face, thus obviating the necessity of the use of paper or stopping to remove the accumulated lather. until the shave is completed.

Another object of the invention is to shuttle a two-edge blade, between guard mem bers, whereb either blade edge is free to cut the bear without overlappingvor overlying the guard members.

v A further object of the invention is to provide a shaving device in which the blade may be readily removed and replaced and easily cleaned. 7

form longitudina lather holdin A construction designed to carry out the invention'will be hereinafter described together with other features of the invention.

The invention will be more readily understood from areading of the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a shaving machine constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same,

F ig. 4 is an elevation of the h'e'adwith the guardplate swung down to expose the blade,

Fig. 5 is a similar view with the blade and carriage removed, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the machine,

Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view on the line 7-7 of Fig-8, I

Fig. 8 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the head,

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssection of the head, blade and carriage, and

Fig; 10 is a perspective view of the carriage. i

In the drawin the numeral 10 designates a tubular han e having a head 11 at its upper end which is provided with a laterally offset bracket 12 extending longitudinally of the handle and head. Thebraeket is reduced in thickness to, provide a web extending radiall from the head and to channels or pockets 13 'on each side. Guar members composed of transverse teeth 14 are disposed along each side of the face of the bracket the teeth overhangingthe channels and the spaces between the teeth forming entrances to the channels for the passage .of the lather.

The face of the bracket has a pair of lon- Y gitudinal grooves or trenches 15 contiguous to the teeth and a air of spaced grooves 16. substantially para el thereto (see Figs. 7 and 9). Between each groove 15 and its correlated groove 16 is formed a longitudinal runner or track 17. 'Longitudinally of the center of the face and, between the grooves 16 is formed a longitudinal central.

- rest entirely upon the tracks and free contact with the boss or other parts of the face of the bracket and while evenly supported g I X boss 18 having its surface below the surfaces of the tracks 17. Thusa cutting blade 19 mounted on the face of the bracket may as is'the practice in this art, said teeth being The cutting edgesas narrow as the spaces.

' of the blade are contiguous to the inner ends of the teeth and,overhang the grooves 15, whereby said edges are unobstructed, which is not the case where cutting edges overlap or overlie guard teeth. The cutting edges and the inner ends of the teeth being in sub"- stantially the same vertical plane and nearly coincident, a veryv safe and eflicacious cut-- ting action is had when the blade is shuttled or reciprocated longitudinally.

The blade is covered byva guard plate 20 *which a bushing 33 mounted in the upper having a hinge lug'21 at its lower end hinged between cars 22 at the bottom of the bracket. The plate has a stud 23 projecting from its upper end engaging a spring latch 24 fastened on the bracket (Fig. 8). The. under side of the plate is dished longitudinally except at its'ends so that its marginal edges bear up the blade and hold the latter upon the tracks 17. By springing the latch the plate may be qu-ickly swung down (as in Fig. 4) to expose the blade 19. The blade is of such width as to expose the cutting edges of the blade which project beyond the edges of the plate. The outer surface of the blade.

is curved transversely, conforming generally to the curvature of the teeth, so that when 'the plate isgpressed against the skin it may be rocked to either side to bring one of the cutting edges into contact with the heard. The plate provides a smooth guide or shoe for running the machine over the face.

The amplitude of the shuttle action of the blade may be confined within a fraction of an inch, "a movement of substantially onethirtysecond of an inch having given satisfactory results in an extended period.of experimentatiomhowevei' the amplitude may be varied in accordance with the design of the machine.

Various means are obvious to those skilled in the art, for actuating the'blade and it is possible to-use many well known movements. I have used and here illustrate a shuttle carriage operated by an eccentric 'wheel, but even; it is subject to variation. The carriage comprises an elongated carrier 25 which is substantially rectangular in crosssection and fits snugly in a slot 26 extending inwardly from the face of the bracket, the slot connectingwith a longitudinal bore 27 in which a cylindrical ,carriage 28 is. mounted to slider The carrier has its underside concaved to fit on the carriage and is fastened to the latter by a screw 29 and a screw post'30 projects from the carriage thru an aperture er end -of the carrier has an overhanging lip 32 (Figs.8 and 10) and in placing the blade,'the latter is tilted to first receive said lip and then is slid upwardly and pressed down on the shoulders. A turn button 32 is counter-sunk in the carrier and suitably shafted to ride out over the blade when turned crosswise.

The lip and button act a to hold the blade rigidlyon the carrier and r firmly u on the tracks 17 The blade may be quic y removed and replaced.

The head has an enlarged cavity 11' into portion of the handle rojects. This bushing is held in position y a set screw 33 or other means. A second bushing 34 is held in the handle by a set screw 34' or other means.- A longitudinal sh'aft 35 extends thru the bushings and is rovide'd with a pairof spaced collars 36 isposed between the bushings and abutting the ends thereof, whereby the shaft is held against longitudinal displacement. The upper end of the shafthas an annular groove 37 and rojects into a bearing in the under side 0? a cap 39 confined in the upper 'end of the cavity 11' by a screw 38, the inner end of which extends into the groove 37.

On the shaft is mounted an eccentric wheel comprising a sleeve 40 and a pair of disks or annular flanges 41. The sleeve is its suitably fastened upon the shaft with its lower end resting upon the upper end of the bushin '33, whereby end thrust is eliminated. e co-acting or adjacent sides of the flanges are dressed at an angle to transverse and when revolved, impart a shuttle motion to the' carriage thru the agency of the roller 42 and post 30.

The degree of inclination with respect to the transverse axis of the sleeve, which is given the sides of the flanges, is slight and is exaggerated in the drawings, as only a limited reciprocation of the b ade is necessary. By. revolving the shaft3 5 at say seventy-five hundred R. P. M. the blade is shuttled rapidly and owing to the Short amplitude of its movement and the firm manner in which it is supported and guided,

substantially no vibration is'felt when using the machine.

The lower end of the shaft 35 is finished to receive the end of a flexible shaft 44,

44 is held in engagement with the shaft 35.

A boss 46 (Fig. 3) cast on the side of the handle receives a set screw 47 which bears against a coiled spring 48 confined in the boss which has a bore for receiving said parts. The inner end'of the bore is reduced to less than the diameter of the ball 45, so While the spring pressed the ball into the bore of the handle, said ball is-still retained in the bore of the boss In using the. machine the beard is lathered in the usual. manner and the machine started which is accomplished by attaching the handle to the flexible shaft 44, the latter being driven byan electric motor or other source of power (not. shown). It is of course withln the province of the invention tomount an electric motor (not shown) in the handle 10 for the purposeof revolving the shaft 35. The shaft 35 being set in motion causes the blade 19 to shuttle by reason of the reciprocation of the carriage 28by the flanges 41. The operator grasps the head 11, the channels accommodating the fingers and thumb of the operators hand. If desirable a knurled grip '49 may be formed on the head at the lower end of one of the channels for the thumb. The machine is held transversely 'or at right angles to the rocking the head on t e plate 20 the uppermost teeth and cutting edge arebrought nto contact with the beard and a reverse stroke may be made upward of the face. \{arious strokes may thus be executed and the shaving operation carried out in an expeditious, satisfactory and pleasing manner.

As the shaving proceeds the shuttling of the blade will be so rapidthat its movement will not be felt upon the skin. The head being moved ina straight line the rapidly moving blade will cut diagonally, thus carrying out its, work without pulling or irritation. As the lather is removed a together with out, hairs it passes between the port between the guards, a radial web exlongitudinall teeth 14 and into thechannels-13 which are ample enough to accommodate a full' shave. When the shave is finished the machine may a be subjectedvto a stream of hot=water for cleansing. 10

What I claim, is:

1. In a shaving machine, an elongated handle member, a support extending longitudinally from' thehandle member, a web extending radially from the support, open guards on each side of the outer portion of the web disposed in longitudinal relation to the handle member and support, a reciproeating cutting blade mounted on the outer face ofthe support and having its cutting edges between the guards, means in. the support. for imparting a shuttle motion to the blade, and a guard cover over a portion of the blade.

2. In a shaving vmachine, an elongated handle member, a blade support disposed longitudinally of the handle member and ofi'set'laterally a substantial distance t erefrom, open guards on each side of the sup port, a shuttle blade mounted on the support between the guards, a radial web extending from the handle and spacing the support and guards therefrom, and means for shuttling the blade.-

3. In a shaving machine, an elongated handle member, a blade support disposed longitudinall of the handle member and ofl'set lateral y a substantial distance there from, open guardson each side of the support, a shuttle blade mounted on the suptending from the handle and spacin the support and ards therefrom, where y lather accumulating spaces are provided on each side of. the web under the guards in communication with the openings of said, guards.

4. In a shaving machine, an elongated handle member, a blade support disposed of the handle member and offset lateral y asubstantial distance therefrom, open guards on each side of the support, a shuttle blade mounted on the support between the guards, a radial web extending from the handle and spacing the 1 support and guards therefrom, whereby lather accumulating pockets are provided on each side'of the web under the guards in communication with the openings of said gpards and extending longitudinally thereo v 5. In a shaving machine, an elongated handle, a head extending longitudinally from the handle, a shuttle blade supported in longitudinal relation to the handle, a cover over the blade exposing the edges thereof, guards along each side of the blade and'oover, the cover and guards beingv curved transversely for rocking on the face of the person being shaved for reverse shav- 9.

. outwardly of the web, said web providing ing and offset radially from the handle to ampli the rocking motion, and means in the head for shuttlin the blade.

6. In a shaving mac inc, a head, a bracket having its face offset from and extending having its face offset from and extending lon itudinally of the head, said bracket inclu ing a web extending radially from the head'between the latter and the offset face, open guards along each side of the bracket spaces on each side thereof between the ards and the head, a carriage in the racket, a shuttle cutting blade mounted on the carriage with its cutting edges between the guards, and means in the head for imparting a shuttle motion to the carhaving its face offset from and extending riage and blade.

8. In a shaving machine, a head, a bracket longitudinally of the head, said bracket including a web extending radially from the head between the latter and the offset face,

' open guards along each side of the bracket outwardly of the web, said web providing spaces on each side thereof between the guards and the head, a carriage reciprocating in the bracket, a shuttle cutting blade mounted on the carriage with. its cutting edges between the guards, means in the head for imparting a shuttle motion to the car riage and blade, and a cover over a portion of the blade between its cutting edges.

9. In a shavingmachine, a handle, a head extending longtitudinally from thehandle,

a bracket having its face extending longitudinally of the head and including a web extending radially from the head between a web exte the latter and the face, a shuttle blade on the bracket, guards along each side of the bracket having openings communicating with The spaces on each side of the web of the bracket, the radial extension of the bracket web being such as to provide ample spaces under the guards to receive lather from a full shave.

10. In' a shavingmachine, a handle, a head extending longitudinally from the handle, a, brackethavi'ng its face extending longitudinally of the head and including hding radially from-the'head between the latter and the face, guards along each side of the bracket having openings, the web having longitudinal channels along I each side contiguous to the openings of the guards and providing fin er room for the operators fingers, a shuttle blade mounted on the face of the bracket, and means for imparting motion to the blade, the radial extension of the web being sufiicient to provide channels ample for the reception of lather'from a full shave.

11. In a shaving machine, a handle, a head extending longitudinally from the handle, a bracket extendingradially from the head and having a slot in its face, a carriage reciprocating in the bracket, a carrier mounted on the carriage and extending through the slot of the bracket, a shuttle blade mounted on the carrier and extending over the face of the bracket, a cover on the bracket extending over the blade between its edges, means in the head for imparting ,a shuttle motion to the carriage, and open guards on each side of the bracket contiguous to the edges of the blade, the bracket being reduced in thickness between the head and the guards to provide lather accumulating spaces under said guards.

'12. In a shaving machine, a handle, a head extending longitudinally from the handle, a bracket extending from the head and including a radially extending web longitudinally of the head, said bracket having its face offset from the head and .handle and provided with a slot, said bracket having a longitudinal bore, a carriage mounted to reciprocate in the bore, a carrier mounted on the carriage and disposed inthe slot, a screw post uniting the carrier and the carriage, a roller on the inner end of the post, a' drive shaft in the head, a cam .wheel on the shaft receiving the roller, a shuttle blade mounted on the carrier and extending over the face of the bracket, a guard plate on the bracket covering a portion of the blade and curved transversely of the bracket and at right angles to the edges of the blade, and guards mounted on the sides of the bracket contiguous tothe edges of the blade.

' 13. In a shavlng machine, a handle, a head mounted on the handle, a bracket mounted on the head in ofi'set relation to the handle, a carriage mounted in the bracket, a two edge cutting blade mounted on the carriage, guard members on each side of the blade, means for imparting a shuttle movement to the carriage, and a guard late' fastened over a portion of the blade etween the uard members, the bracket being reduced in thickness between the head 4 its cutting edges overhanging the grooves contiguous to the teeth,- a guard plate hinged on the bracket, means for fastening the plate in contact with the blade, and means for imparting a shuttle movement to the carrier.

15. In a shaving machine, a tubular handle, a revoluble shaft mounted in the handle, a head mounted on the handle, a bracket offset laterally from the head, transverse guard teeth on each side of the bracket,

the bracket having lather channels on each side under the teeth, a carrier mounted to reciprocate'in the bracket, grooves in the bracket contiguous-to the teeth and on each side of the carrier, a two edged cutting blade mounted on the carrier and having its cutting edges overhanging the grooves contiguous to the teeth, .a guard plate hinged on the bracket, a carriage mounted to reciprocate in the bracket and to which the carrier is attached, a post projecting from the carriage, a pair of eccentric flanges mounted on the shaft, and a roller confined on the post and engaging between the flanges.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

SIDNEY P. JONES. 

